Candle-holder.



v H. BERG. CANDLE HOLDER.-

APPLIOATI ON FILED JAN.28,1910.

Patented Sept 13,1910.

/ lNl/E/VIOR WITNESSES H ERMAN BERG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CANDLE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 13, 1910.

' Application filed January 28, 1910. Serial No. 540,487.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN BERG, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in Candle- Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to candle holders and with regard to its more specific features to a device for supporting candles upon (lhristmas trees or similar objects.

One of the objects thereof is to provide a simple, inexpensive and practical device of this character, adapted to hold a candle securely in upright position upon the tree.

Another object is to provide a device of this character having provision for the sus-.

pension of a Christmas tree decoration or similar ornament therefrom.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of parts which will be excmpli'tiedin the construction hereinafter set forth, and the scope of the application of which will be indicatedin the following claims.

ln the accompanying drawings wherein is illustrated one of the various possible embodiments of this lllVtJli-ltH], l igrurc l is a plan view of the device, parts being broken away; Fig. 2 is a section taken on line of Fig. 1, showing the parts in operative position.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout both views of the drawings.

It may be noted that if it be attempted to use a candle holder of this character which simply hooks over a branch of the tree, great difliculty will be found in providing that stability which a proper regard for safety demands. On the other hand, from an ornamental point of view, it is very desirable that the candle holder should combine with its features of safety and general utility, a neat and unobtrusive appearance. These objects are effectively attained in a device, of the character hereinafter described which may be quickly and securely attached to a tree, without the use of balancing weights or other additional means for holding it in equilibrium and which, in the construction thereof, provides means for thesuspension and support of ornaments such as are frequently used in the decoration of Christmas trees, whereby the general attractive appearance of the device as a whole is greatly enhanced.

Referring to the drawings, the candle holder is shown as comprising a pair of pivoted members 1 and 2, which arestamped from sheet metal and each provided upon the sides thereof with projections 3, which, when bent.- atsubstantially right angles tothe body portions, overlap each other upon the said members being placed together. A wire t passing through said projections or hinges and bent over at the ends in any suitable manner serve to hold the members in pivoted relation to one another. A. spring 5, of any suitable form, is secured about the pivot wire 4 and forces the finger pieces 6 and 7 of the members apart, whereupon the opposite ends of the said members press together and grip therebetween the branch 14 or other object uponiwhich. it is desired to support the candle. The upper member 1 is provided with a socket 8 adapt- .ed to hold a candle 15 a .l comprising a,

piece of metal stamping, having upturned fingers 9 for holding the candle and further provided 'with a neck-like portion 10 adapted to pass through a' hole '1'] in the member I and to be. burred upon the underside thcl'eol. The lower member 2 has an elongated slot 12 formed therein by cutting the metal along three sides of said slot when the member is stamped. The strip 13 thus formed, which is attached to the body of metal at oneend of the slot, is bent downwardly substantially at; right angles to the member, then the end thereof is bent rearwardly and upwardly to form a hook, from which any suitable decoration as 16 may be suspended.

The operation of the above device, which is largely obvious, is as follows: Upon pressure being applied to the finger pieces (3 and 7, the members 1 and 2 are spaced apart. and passed upon either side of a branch of the Christmas tree. By now releasing thefinger pieces the sprin 5 forces the members together to firmly grip the branch. A candle may now be placed in it he socket 8 and an ornament suspended from the hook 13.

It will be seen from the foregoing that this device is well adaptdd to accomplish,

among others, all of the ends and objects hcreinbefore set forth; that it is characterized by great simplicity of structure and may be cheaply made; that the branch is positively gripped and may be released by very simple manipulation of the parts of the holder and that the members themselves. maybe readily formed in any design to present an artistic appearance.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this inven tion could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in'the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having described my in\'ention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the character described, in combination, a pairo'i pivoted members adapted to firmly grasp a branch of a Christmas tree therebet'ween, and a hook offset from one of said members adapted to hold an ornament in suspension there from.

2. In a device of the character described, in combination, a pair of pivoted members adapted to grasp a bra-nchot a Christmas tree therel'ietwe'en, and a hook formed inte gral with one of said members and laterally oiisct with respect thereto adapted to hold a suitable decoration suspended therefrom.

In a device of the character described, in con'ibination, a pair of pivoted members adapted to grasp a branch of a Christmas tree, a candle supporting socket secured to Christmas tree, said members having extensions adapted to be gripped to spread said members apart, and a hook formed integrally upon one of said members and ofiset from the body thereof adapted to hold a I Christmas tree decoration suspended therefrom. r 5. In a device of the character described,

in combination. a pain of pivoted metal i stampmgs provlded with a spring adapted to (lose them firmly upon a branch of ani Christmas tree. saidmembers having exten sions adapted to be gripped to spread said members apart. a hook formed lntegrally upon one of Silltl members adapted to hold a Christmas tree decoration suspended there- 1' from. and candle supporting meansattached to the other oi said members.

(i. In a device oi the character described, in combination. a spring clip adapted to tightly grip :1 branch of a Christmas tree, a socket adapted to hold a candle in upright;-

position. and a hook formed by stamping out a portion of saidclip and, adapted to 5 hold an ornament in suspension therefrom. In testimony whereof I affix my, signature, in the presence of two witnesses,

HERMAN BERG; W'itnesses: 1 1

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